Chinese symbol for “unseemly”
不伦
bù lún
Traditional: 不倫
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc); unseemly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unseemly is 不伦 (bù lún), defined as: (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc); unseemly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不伦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 伦理 (倫理) | lún lǐ | ethics |
| 乱伦 (亂倫) | luàn lún | to violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest |
| 无与伦比 (無與倫比) | wú yǔ lún bǐ | incomparable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unseemly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.